Fishing tool



May l, 1928.

A. E. scwoTT FISHING TooL Filed `1.9.11.12, 1927 JIJ Patented MayV l, 1928.

UNITED, STATES lAUGUSTUS B. SCOTT, OF LONG "BEACH, i CALIFORNIA..

FISHING moor..

Application nleid January 12, 1927. Serial lNo. 160,584.

This invention relates to iishingtools and has for an object to providea device which can be made to take hold of drill bits, tools and other objects which `may be lost in a well and lift said objects tout. show two embodiments ot my invention in a, Jracticaliorm. i

igure 1 is an elevation view showing the device lowered into a well 'and set for use. The object to be removed in this case, a rotary drill disc, is also shown in this figure.

Figure 9. is a siniilar view showing the device after the saine has been tripped and has engagedthe disc.

Figure 3is a view similar to 1, showing a modiiied standard-form of my invention. The figures are on the same scale, and like charactersof reference designate like parts in all of them'. `tool which in this instance has two depend ing prongs 5, and these prongs aree-arranged to closefi'orcibly vtogether at their lower ends by their own elasticity, toftale a firm hold on disc 6 or other object. over which they `may be slipped. e

In the device which the inventor has built and used, a hollow head block 7 is provided to iform, the upper or crotch portion of the fork Q, and the dependingprongs 5 `arcsevcured to said head block by suitable rivets S, the Vupper end of thehead'block being provided withv a vserewthreaded aperture 9, whereby the same may receive the threaded connections of a drill-stemand be controlled thereby. The upperiends of the depending prongs 5 are provided with a pair of pro jections 10, and the`headbl`ock'7 lisprovided with a pairlo'f complementary recesses 11 for the reception Yof these'projeetions whereby the prongs 5 are positively and rigidly' secured to the head block. The head block 7 is furthermore provided with aperture 12 therethrough, said aperturebeing provided for a passage therethrough of liquid. The lower ends of the prongs 5 may be` shaped or arranged in any manner best adapted to engage different objects in a well; and in the present instance said prongs `are fitted at their lower ends with toothed jaws shown at T and T" adapted to take abiting hold on the object. The toot-hed jaw T is preferably slightly longer than the jaw` T,so that where the fish or object in the well is ar ranged at a slant as shown in Figure .1, a scooping action may take place by this ]aw.

In providing releasable means for hold- The drawings The device includes a forked s 'ber 13. p

circles the sleeve member v13 and the stem `ing theprongs 5 and their jaws apart, a"

central guiding stem 13 depends'from the head block 7, and a sleeve 14 embraces the upper end ot this stem and is adapted `to be `threadedly screwed into the head block 7Uas indicated at 15 in the drawings. An elongated tubular sleeve 13 is adapted to telescope over the `Stem.13`as shown at 16,

and this sleeve 13 is provided as at 17 This enlarged y with an enlarged portion. portion is cut away as at 18 and 19, and

pivot pins 30 and 31 extend across the cut-` i away portion. Pivoted to the enlarged portion17 by means of these pins 30 andl31 are a pair o't' pointed tongues 32 and 33 `which tongues are adapted to bearagainst the upper shoulders 34 and 35 of the cutaway portion, when the tonguesare 1n an extended position as shown in Figure 1.,

The sleeve 13' isprovided at its lower end with an, inside annular iange 20, providing an annular shoulder 21. `A trigger member Q2 hasone end inserted in the sleeve 13 and `this end abuts againstthe shoulder 21.` This trigger member is in the lform of an inverted Y. That is, it is .provided at its lower end with avforl designated at 36, which fork is adapted to engage the `fish in the well.V Provided on sleeve 13 at its lowpin l10,which pin is adaptedto anchor one endet a coilspring 41 on the sleeve` mem- The coil spring thus anchored en- 13, Vand is anchored bv `a pin 45l tofthesleeve 14 in the head block 7. This .spring 41` in itsnormal position holdsthe elongated sleeve "13 in collapsed relation upon the steml. In the modification illustrated in Figure 3, I have shown my invention applied to a standard tool. The exact arrangement oi parts is similar and the operation'of the same is substantially identical. The stem 113 is adapted to telescope upon the elongated member 113 whereas in the `rotary tool, these parts have been reversed.

The stem 113 is provided with slots 100 and the elongated member 113 is provided with apin 101,whieh pin is adapted to extend into the slots 100 to hold the parts in telescopic relationship. An annular flange is "provided on the lower end of the stem 113.

This iange is designated at 102` and the coil spring 103 instead of being anchored to the lower telescopic member, is adapted to have lits lower end resting upon the flange 102.

"as er yend adjacent the large portion 17 is aA pin.

The pin 101 is adapted to extend vcompletely through the slots 100 and the upper end of the coil spring 103 bears against this A short sleeve 117 is secured to the lower end of the elongated member 113. The tongues 132 and 133 are pivoted to the short sleeve 117 and operate in the saine manner as the tongues 32 and V33 in the rotary tool shown in Figure 1. It should be noted in this regard that the points of the tongues 132 and 133` when extended completely are on a plane slightly above the center of the pins. 30, 31 and 130. This revents the accidental setting oif of the shing tool. In the standard form of the in 7 vention the tongues 132 and 133 are piv-` oted at the sainepoint 130, whereas in the rotar i forni there are two points of pivot.

VThe epending prongs 105 and their manner of attachment together with the other poi"- tions of the tool are `substantially the saine as ,shown Vin Figure 1. In actual Vuse my device operates as follows: The depending prongs are separated by means of a specially constructed jack, and the tongues 32 and 33 assunietlie position shown in Figuresl and 3. The device is then lowered Vintothe well and when the fish is encoun- Vtered by the trigger 36 the sleeve 13 is Vforced upwardly and at the instant the points of the tongues fall below the plane of the pivot pins 30 and 31, the jaws close u on the fish. The lower end T of one oy the prongs being slightly longer than the end T, enables a scooping action to take place on the fish. The fish is thus grasped y the teeth on the lower end of the pron s and the device is removed Vfroin the weIl.

' The action of the tool is thus shown to be instantaneous. The spring 41 draws the sleeve'l and the operative connections associated therewith upwardly the instant that the fish is encountered.

I claim: l1. A tool includinga head, a

y plurality of prongs depending from the head and tical line, a guide stem dependin from lthe head, a sleeve slidably embracing the stein, tongues pivoted tot the lower endy oi the sleeve, a spring anchored to said sleeve and to said stein, said spring normally tendv ing to collapse said sleeve u on said stein, said tongues being collapsib e and capable of en aging said prongs to hold the same in space position, shoulders on said tongues adapted toengage said sleeve when said tongues extend in opposite directions, the' pressure of said prongs against said tongues serving to hold the same in stable equilibriuin. Y Y

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, and in addition, a bifurcated trigger depending froin said sleeve for the purpose s ified.

3. A fishing tool comprising a `ead, a pair of prongs depending from said head, said prongs tending to assume a position adjacent each other, telesco ing means secured to the head and exten ing downwardly between the prongs, spring means urging the telescoping means into collapsed position. and collapsible ineans vsecured to said tele-.scoping means and serving when expanded to frictionally engage and hold said prongs separated.

4. A fishing tool comprising a head, a pair of prongs depending from said head, said prongs tending to` assume a position adjacenteach other, telescoping means secured to the head and extending downwardly between the prongs, spring means urging the telescoping means into collapsed position, and collapsible means securedto said telescoping ineans and serving panded to frictionally enga e and hold said prongs se arated, saidY te escopin means and Iiead p ing hollow, whereby uid can be discharged therethi'ou h as vthe device is being lowered into a We l. Y f i In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this'specification.V v Y AUGUSTUS B. SCOTT. 

